Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) The Old Palace in Brussels (Coudenberg Palace) 1670 Oil on wood, 50 x 62.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Former palace of the Dukes of Brabant in the Middle Ages (and of the Dukes of Burgundy,…
(1637–1712) The artist’s works: Street in Cologne first half of the 1600s Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg A View in Cologne c.1660–1665 National Gallery, London The Stone Bridge c.1660–1672 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam View of the Oude Delft Canal c.1660 Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit View of the…
(c.1399–1464) Rogier van der Weyden or Roger de la Pasture The artist’s works: The Virgin and Child enthroned c.1433 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Madonna Durán 1435–1438 Museo del Prado, Madrid Portrait of a Young Woman c.1435–1440 British Museum, London The Magdalen Reading c.1435 National…
(c.1430–1494) The artist’s works: Saint John the Baptist 1462 Musée du Louvre, Paris Saint Mary Magdalene 1462 Musée du Louvre, Paris The Flight into Egypt 1462 Musée du Louvre, Paris Chalice of Saint John the Evangelist c.1470–1475 National Gallery of Art, Washington Portrait of…
(1858–1924) Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Puccini Works: • Edgar (1889) • Gianni Schicchi (1918) • Il tabarro (1918) • Il Trittico: Il tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi (1918) • La Bohème (1896) • La fanciulla del West (1910) •…
Ensor, James (1860-1949) L’entrée du Christ à Bruxelles (Christ’s Entry into Brussels) 1888–1889 Oil on canvas, 252.6 × 431 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles See also: • Brussels (Belgium)
David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) Marat Assassiné (Marat Assassinated) 1793 Oil on canvas, 165 x 128 cm Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels See also: • Marat, Jean-Paul (1743-1793)
(1748–1825) The artist’s works: La mort de Sénèque 1773 Petit Palais, Paris La mort de Socrate 1787 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York La mort de Socrate after 1787 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Marat Assassiné 1793 Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels Portrait…
(1614–1673) Hélène in Art: Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Hélène Fourment putting on a glove c.1632 Alte Pinakothek, Munich Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Hélène Fourment (“The Furry”) c.1636–1638 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Hélène Fourment with two of her children…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Le Port de Bruxelles (Brussels Harbour) 1871 Oil on canvas, 42 x 65 cm National Gallery, London During the Franco-Prussian War in the winter of 1870–71, Boudin left Paris to avoid the fighting. But unlike his friend Monet,…